Michael Dischleit

Mike Dischleit, aka Retneug, is a consummate gamer and avid congoer from Ontario, Canada. When he isn't playing or reviewing iphone games, he enters a state of suspended animation until reinvigorated by the release of a hot new iOS title.
Should the industry falter he may never reawaken.

Among free games, Putthole is like the equivalent of a hors d’oeuvre you might find served at a fancy party; it’s good in a refined sort of way. Not very filling – but hey, you got it for free! So you can’t even be mad. And, like hors d’oeuvres at …

As implied by the title of this review, Tap Smiths’ gameplay loop is simple… But make no mistake – Tap Smiths is an excellent idle game with charming pixellated visuals and a surprisingly good sense of humour for a game of its genre. I’ve always been fascinated by idle games. …

On its surface, Mush War looks like a fun and attractive tower defense game. It deviates little from the format the genre is known for; a top-down view of a path leading from the enemy spawn point to the thing you’re in charge of defending, which is – as you …

One More Jump is a stylish and addictive arcade platformer, and the only thing about it more distinctive than its simple yet elegant level design is its mind-bending level of difficulty. Despite being a longtime appreciator and seasoned veteran of hardcore platformers, even I was taken aback, (and ultimately utterly …

Crap! I’m Broke: Out of Pocket isn’t really an evocative title… At least when it comes to giving you an idea of what you’d actually be doing in a game about simulating the broke lifestyle. Is it about leaving the lights off a lot? Walking everywhere? Buying lots of mac’n’cheese? …

Tiny Archers is, as you probably gathered, an archery game for iOS. In it you control one of three immobile bow-wielders, (two of which must be unlocked) who perch on the left-hand side of a 2D playing field and rain down arrows on the orcs and goblins pillaging their respective …

Crater Maker by William Long is kind of an evocative title. Seeing it in the AppStore, one might be inclined to believe that it’s a space game primarily about – you guessed it – making craters. As in, big holes in the terrain. Imagine my dismay when I learned that, …

For as long as I have been gaming on iOS, I have ignored genres that I considered “console genres” – genres I could never see making the transition to my phone’s screen in a way that I would find satisfying. I have long considered first-person shooters one such genre. But …

Pillar Hop!, like so many other free games, seeks to get a lot of mileage out of a few solid mechanics – and in this respect it is largely successful. It’s a laid-back, pillar-traversing experience that plays smoothly… But in this reviewer’s opinion, it just doesn’t do enough to be …

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